Colin Alexander Nottingham Trent University Dr. Colin Alexander is currently Lecturer in Political Communications within the Communication and Society subject team at the School of Arts and Humanities. The lifting of most COVID legal restrictions on July 19 has been dubbed “freedom day” by some politicians and journalists. Though not
Five people have been arrested after England footballers were racially abused online following their Euro 2020 final defeat. Marcus Rashford, Bukayo Saka and Jadon Sancho were targeted after they missed penalties in the Euro 2020 final. The attacks were racist and extremely abusive and were very upsetting for the young
July 16th, 2021. In my career, I have spent many years working in a variety of countries, ranging from third world despotic regimes, dictatorships, autocracies and just plain corrupt governments. I never thought that this experience would allow me an insight into the current governance of New Zealand. In my
From the very start of the Wuhan pandemic, the immediate response to anyone who questioned the wisdom of lockdowns was self-righteous condemnation. “We’re trying to save lives! Do you want people to die?” The universal tone of the lockdowners was that we dissenters should be ashamed of ourselves.
rt.com The British Labour Party will oppose a Tory-sponsored bill that would allow “deplatformed” political speakers to sue universities. Labour leader Keir Starmer claims the bill will enable “Holocaust deniers” and “anti-vaxxers.” The bill, proposed by the Conservative government and headed for a second reading in the
Alexander Gillespie University of Waikato Alexander Gillespie works primarily in international law, with specialties in international environmental; and the laws of war/international humanitarian law. Bruised by its divorce from the European Union, Britain is busy getting out more, making new friends and renewing old acquaintances. Serenaded with promises of
July 4th, 2021. In Taunton, Somerset, in a spirit of inclusivity and in acknowledgement of LGBT etc, the local council laid a multi-coloured 62-metre riverside path. A local arts movement said that “The rainbow footpath will signal to both visitors and the community that Taunton is making considerable
John Redwood johnredwoodsdiary.com John Redwood won a free place at Kent College, Canterbury, and graduated from Magdalen College Oxford. He is a Distinguished fellow of All Souls, Oxford. A businessman by background, he has set up an investment management business, was both executive and non executive chairman of a
rt.com The government’s policy of housing transgender women, including those with convictions for violent or sexual offences, in female prisons in England and Wales is lawful, the High Court in London ruled on Friday. The judge rejected claims that jailing transgender sexual or violent offenders with cisgender women
Ann Farmer mercatornet.com Ann Farmer lives in the UK. She is the author of By Their Fruits: Eugenics, Population Control, and the Abortion Campaign (CUAP, 2008); The Language of Life: Christians Facing the Abortion Challenge (St Pauls, 1995), and Prophets & Priests: the Hidden Face of the Birth Control
First published 5 June 2019 A letter authored by Natural History Museum Head of Earth Sciences Prof Richard Herrington and fellow expert members of SoS MinErals (an interdisciplinary programme of NERC-EPSRC-Newton-FAPESP funded research) has today [5 June 2019] been delivered to the Committee on Climate Change The
Just over a year ago, I dubbed the policy response to the Chinese virus “the Moloch option”. The West had chosen to sacrifice its children to placate the plague demons. Worse, I said, COVID policies resembled the horrifying practices of the Aztec Tlaloc cult. In that cult, children were tormented
The fall of British health secretary Matt Hancock is more than just another sordid saga of political dirty dalliance. Largely overlooked in the righteous furore is the shadowy role of spying by Chinese telcos. Make no mistake: Hancock thoroughly deserved the bollocking he’s got. At the same time that
June 27th, 2021. There were supposed to be relaxations of the lockdown restrictions last week but, as usual, Boris Johnson fudged the issue and has deferred a decision until mid-July. The general public are getting thoroughly fed up and disenchanted with Boris Johnson and he is becoming that great
